Cleveland, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64734. The Survey maps it on the West Line quadrangle. 650 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCleveland fell from 661 to 650 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 661 | |
| 2020 | 650 | -11 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1887 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS West Line quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Cleveland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 172 |
| 1 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 124 |
| 15 April 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Miami County | 95 |
| 9 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 680169 |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 670085 |
| 8 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 670122 |
| 6 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 46 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cleveland: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harrisonville Birch Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| West Line Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleveland in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Hail | Cleveland | $10,000 | ,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds (G52) Gunn City,16,0924CST,0,0,0,0,500K,200K,Hail (1.75) Very large hail caused significant damage along a four-mile-wide path across the county from Cleveland to Harrisonville to Gunn City. The hail, driven by winds up to 60 mph shattered windows and punched holes in roofs. Numerous cars were damaged, including 95 percent of cars in each of two dealerships. A greenhouse was also destroyed near Gunn City. Some of the early wheat and alfalfa crops also suffered damage. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Large tree downed at residence in Cleveland. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Estimated 60 mph winds in Cleveland per the fire department. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gusts in Cleveland per the local fire department. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Ping pong ball sized hail west of Peculiar. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Spotter reported 72 mph wind gust in Cleveland, Missouri. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Cleveland | - | Three water rescues were conducted near Cleveland. One was near Highway Y and 251 Road, and the others were in Cleveland. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Cleveland | - | Flooding reported in Cleveland. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Line | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Annette | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Jaudon | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Riverview Estates | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Freeman | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Peculiar | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Harrelson | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Olson Acres | 8.3 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cleveland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955119 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729862. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







